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Maintenance & Repair Transmission Traumas?
2410 messages, Last post on Nov 30, 2009 at 5:35 PM
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I have a 1999 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer, 5.4 liter Triton V-8 with 165,000 miles. It is clean with NO problems of ANY kind since I bought 2 months ago, as a matter of fact the car was driven from Boston to washington d.c with no problem. However, yesterday I noticed some little resistance in its movement and today the truck refuses to advance or reverse and people says it is the transmission. I checked the transmission fluid and there was a fluid in it, however the engine oil level was very low, so I immediately added some engine oil and trans fluid but the truck still will not move forward or backward. In order not to cause further damage, I had the truck towed to my mechanic and who also says that since the truck will not moves, it must be a trans problem. I am just wondering if it could be something else or maybe something that does not require another trans, or maybe there is something else that can be tested or checked on the truck before buying another trans, and if the need be that I must buy a new trans, if there is any suggestions, advice or any helpful hints, tips. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
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Sorry I forgot to mentioned that I just added remote paging security alarm auto remote start and new dvd player installed in the truck. I added these features on saturday and the trans problem start on sunday... could this just be a coincidence or have anything to do with the transmission? I have a 1999 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer, 5.4 liter Triton V-8 with 165,000 miles. It is clean with NO problems of ANY kind since I bought 2 months ago, as a matter of fact the car was driven from Boston to washington d.c with no problem. However, yesterday I noticed some little resistance in its movement and today the truck refuses to advance or reverse and people says it is the transmission. I checked the transmission fluid and there was a fluid in it, however the engine oil level was very low, so I immediately added some engine oil and trans fluid but the truck still will not move forward or backward. In order not to cause further damage, I had the truck towed to my mechanic and who also says that since the truck will not moves, it must be a trans problem. I am just wondering if it could be something else or maybe something that does not require another trans, or maybe there is something else that can be tested or checked on the truck before buying another trans, and if the need be that I must buy a new trans, if there is any suggestions, advice or any helpful hints, tips. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Replying to: ayakata (Feb 27, 2007 7:02 am) |
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Thank you for information. This is information is very useful to me right now because my truck is currently at the mechanic of what seems to be a similar situation. I would really appreciate if you can assist me in determining whether I have identical problem as the one you describe by telling me the followings: 1. Exactly what and where to look for 2. Exactly what did you do to find out that the car only has a minor problem. Any other suggestions will be greatly appreciated. As stated earlier, the mechanic is scheduled to begin working on the truck tomorrow, however I will ask them to hold on just in case something magical might happen, God knows that I really do not have the money for transmission due to my current financial situation.
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Replying to: ayakata (Feb 28, 2007 10:58 pm) I do recall the owner keeping a Louisville Slugger baseball bat in the corner of his office... and for some reason they would only accept cash. I sure wasn't going to argue.  Anyhow, good luck. Hope it's a simple repair. |
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Thanks...I hope so too. I will just ask the mechanic to do another look again. Thanks |
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| Hopefully someone can advise me. I have a 1998 Lexus ES300, 137k. I drove through a water puddle and 40 minutes later the MIL was on and the car is straining to shift gears. Now, the car will start by die within seconds. Any ideas and solutions would be appreciated. | |
 I just had my motor rebuilt put it back into my 1997 Jimmy got it running good then transmission pump went out so i had that rebuilt they said all parts that broke were accounted for so my tourqe converter was fine. Now that we have put it all back together again. I can move the shifter to all gears but it is like it stays in park, it doest actually go into any of the gears. the shift cable moves, it is full of fluid I even tried shifting it to neutral and it doesn't even roll. could anyone tell me what the problem is please I am stumped on this one. 
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| transmission stuck between nuteral and 1st gear on my 2004 nissan sentra ser spec4. Dealer states that might of been caused due to operator error, due to shifting back and forth from 1st to 2nd and heating up gears therefore might have a warranty issue. anyone have any suggestions or heard of this problem in other manual gears? | |
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Replying to: wsw123 (Dec 20, 2006 2:22 am) I have the same EXCACT symptoms. |
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